Last Sunday she had been reading the funny papers on the front steps.

上星期天， 她一直在前面的台阶上看有趣的报纸。

The Greek would be lazily unpacking a case of peaches or melons, or perhaps looking at the funny paper in the kitchen behind the store where he cooked.

希腊人会懒洋洋地打开一箱桃子或甜瓜的包装，或者可能会在他做饭的商店后面的厨房里看着有趣的报纸。